My War with Vietnam - A Pilot's Healing Journey Home from War

The expression "Fog of War" perfectly encapsulates what it was like to experience the Vietnam War first hand. This is an account of what it was like to be there, an account of what the war demanded of young American boys fighting, flying and dying in it. And life afterwards for me. As an Army helicopter pilot there, I learned to become numb to all the carnage in combat, to stop feeling anything at all, to bury my own humanity and to find a dark place in my heart to fly the missions required in that war. My second tour saw even more haunting revelations about that war as I became Aircraft Commander on Four Star General Abrams' helicopter.
This book is a gripping memoir of a harrowing tour of duty and the healing that followed. The last few chapters tell of the unsolicited healing I received from strangers in countries I visited before going home. Their warmth, outstretched hands and open hearts reacquainted me with the wonderful gift of being human. So many gracious strangers helped me see I couldn't, shouldn't stay numb. My healing began.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Todd Mattox

Preface

Introduction

Army Flight School

Vietnam First Tour, Combat Assaults

Second Tour, Flying Generals and Movie Stars

Thailand

Hong Kong

Lebanon

India

Australia

Italy

England

Scotland

Greece

France

Ireland

Spain

Africa

Pakistan

Persia

Iceland

Home

Glossary

Index

About the author

Former advertising writer/director, Richard W. Jellerson is a documentary filmmaker. He lives in the mountains above Los Angeles, California.

Product details

• Authors: Richard W. Jellerson, Richard W Jellerson
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781476697604
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9760-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, military history, c 1960 to c 1970, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War